Understaffing, aging infrastructure, and more inmate assaults are all issues plaguing the Durham County Detention Center.

Nonprofit Emancipate NC is suing the Durham County Sheriff's Office for withholding public records on jail policies. The nonprofit argues the redactions prevent proper oversight of jail conditions ...

Eight inmates at the Durham County jail tested positive for COVID-19 this weekend, the second outbreak at the jail where eight detention officers tested positive this spring and one later died.

An open letter from Durham community activists raises concerns about Durham County jail detainees being kept in their cells for 21 to 23 hours a day during the pandemic. Scott Sharpe ssharpe@ ...

In Locke’s arrest warrant, she’s accused of providing components of a mobile phone to an inmate at the Durham County jail on 219 S Mangum St. in August. The identified inmate is the same as ...

It was freezing outside when a detainee at the Durham County Detention Facility said he saw a staff member at the jail tie another detainee’s wrists and legs to a restraint chair for a few hours ...